Collar holder



Nov. 24, 1942.

J. E. PARRISH COLLAR HOLDER Filed Jan. 24; 1941 Q7071 I .Parr'a'sk m fl af Patented Nov. 24, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COLLAR HOLDER John E. Parrish, St. Petersburg', Fla., assignor of one-half to John E. Parrish, Danvilile, Va.

Application January 24, 1941, Serial No. 375,861

6 Claims.

This invention relates to collar holders and more particularly to a holder especially designed for preventing bending or curling of the points of either soft or stiff collars.

The object of the invention is to provide a collar holder or fastener of simple and inexpensive construction capable of being quickly and conveniently positioned on a shirt and which will neatly hold down the points of a collar to prevent curling thereof, the construction of the holder being such that it may be worn without discomfort to the user and when once applied may be used until the shirt is laundered, regardless of whether the collar is buttoned or unbuttoned and without the necessity of readjusting the device each time it is used.

A further object of the inventionis to provide a collar holder comprising a resilient loop for engagement with a button on a shirt and provided with oppositely disposed resilient arms adapted to extend through an eyelet or opening in the shirt above the button-engaging means for yieldable contact with the adjacent points of a collar.

A still further object of the invention is genorally to improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and eiiiciency as well as to reduce the cost of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a shirt provided with a collar holding attachment constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the collar holder detached,

Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof, and

Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional vitw taken on the line 44 of Figure 1.

The improved device forming the subject-matter of the present invention is principally designed for preventing bending or curling of the points of either soft or stifl collars, and by way of illustration is shown applied to a shirt of standard construction, in which 5 designates the body of the shirt, 6 the central pleat and 1 the collar which may be either detachably fitted to the shirt or formed integral therewith as desired.

The holder is preferably formed from a single length of relatively stiff, resilient wire having its intermediate portion bent to form a substantially V-shaped resilient loop 8 adapted to fit over one of the buttons 9 on the shirt and provided with upwardly diverging arms I0 preferably disposed at a slight angle to the walls of said loop and adapted to be pressed together when the holder is fitted to the shirt. Arranged above the button 9 and preferably disposed in alinement therewith is an eyelet or buttonhole II, and formed in the shirt 5 adjacent the buttonhole I l and at the rear of the pleat 6 is a small incision I 2 for the purpose hereinafter referred to. After the arms I0 are formed, the wire is 'bent rearwardly at I 3 and thence inwardly at M to form loops l5 terminating in outwardly curved resilient arms l6 which extend across the outer face of the collar 1 in spaced relation to the points I! thereof so as to prevent bending or curling of said points and thus cause them to lie flat against the adjacent surface of the shirt and present a neat appearance. The ends of the Wire constituting each arm I6 is bent upon itself, as indicated at l8, so as to prevent the wire from cutting or puncturing the shirt material.

In using the device, the V-shaped loop 8 is positioned over the button 9 and the arms l0 pressed together. One of the resilient arms I6 is then passed through the buttonhole or eyelet II to the back of the pleat 6 and thence through the incision [2 to the front of the shirt and across the outer surface of one point of the collar 1, after which the other arm [6 is inserted through the buttonhole or eyelet II and thence between the free edge of the pleat 6 and front of the shirt for contact with the other point of the collar, as best shown in Figure 1 of the drawing. An easier way to apply the holder to a shirt is simply to hold the wire portion upside down and first insert one arm through the eyelet and small incision.

Then turn the wire portion over rightside up and insert the other arm in the eyelet or buttonhole. It will be noted that, when inward pressure on the arms In is relieved, the inherent resiliency properties of the arms ID will cause said arms to expand so that the loops l5 will frictionally engage the opposite walls of the eyelet H and thus lock the holder in proper position on the shirt and in which position it will remain at all times regardless of whether the collar is buttoned or unbuttoned, it being necessary to remove the device only when the shirt is to be laundered. Furthermore, it will be noted that the construction of the holder is such that after it is once properly positioned on a shirt no subsequent adjustment thereof is necessary. If desired, however, the position of the resilient members IS with respect to the points I! of the collar may be changed by releasing the V-shaped loop 8 from the button 9 and moving the arms [0 laterally in either direction with the eyelet H as a pivot. This adjustment, however, is not absolutely necessary as under ordinary conditions the holder will require no adjustment after it has once been properly positioned on the shirt. In order to remove the holder from the shirt, necessary to release the V-shaped loop 8 from the button 9 and push or pull the arms l0 one at a time out of the eyelet I l.

The device is very simple in construction and the parts so arranged as to permit the holder to be worn without discomfort to the user while at the same time holding down the points of a collar and effectually preventing curling 'or bending thereof.

vices may be be made in different sizes and shapes and constructed of any suitable material without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: l.

.l. The combination with a shirt including a collar and provided with an eyelet, of a holder comprising a resilient loop adapted to "1; over one of the-buttons on the shirt and terminating to yieldably engage one of the buttons on the i shirt and provided with normally diverging resili ent arms terminating in laterally curved arms for frictional engagement with the points of said collar, said diverging arms extending through the eyelet and one of said armsalso extendingthrough said incision, both of said diverging arms being provided with loops for fricit is merely if; loop terminating It will, of course, be understood that the deengage the collar for preventing curling of the points of said collar.

4. A device of the class described comprising a resilient body having its intermediate portion bent'to form a substantially V-shaped resilient in normally diverging arms, the upper ends of which are ofiset and bent inwardly to form coacting gripping loops having their outer ends open and their inner ends closed,

the material at said gripping loops being extended laterally to form resilient members adapted to bear against the outer face of a collar near the points thereof.

5. A device of the class described comprising a resilient body having its intermediate portion bent to form an attaching loop having normally diverging resilient arms, the ends of the arms being oiTset and bent inwardly to form coasting gripping loops terminating in outwardly curved resilient arms disposed entirely in the plane of a said gripping loops.

6. A device of the class described comprising a body formed of a single length of resilient material having its intermediate portion bent to form a substantially V-shaped attaching loop terminating in normally diverging resilient arms, the material at the ends of the arms being bent inwardly and thence laterally to form coacting gripping loops having their inner ends closed and terminating in outwardly curved resilient arms, the material at the ends of the arms being bent upon itself to present smooth terminals.

JOHN E. PARRISH. 

